The family of a Leadville woman detained by Irish authorities during an investigation into a plot to slay a Swedish cartoonist says it hasn't heard from her and remains concerned about her 6-year-old son's welfare.

"He needs to be back to his grandma where he knows he's safe," said Cindy Holcomb, 52, the aunt of Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, who was briefly detained in Waterford, Ireland, last week. "He needs to be in school learning."

Paulin-Ramirez was held with five others as part of an investigation into a plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who drew a sketch in 2007 depicting the head of Muhammad on a dog's body, provoking al-Qaeda in Iraq to put a $100,000 bounty on his life.

The woman, who is several months pregnant, is married to the alleged leader of the plot, Algerian Ali Charaf Damache, 45, who remains in custody along with a Libyan man, Salam al-Jahani, 32, according to a report by The New York Times. Paulin-Ramirez was likely released Saturday, although Irish authorities have declined to provide details.

Holcomb, of Independence, Mo., said the family has been working furiously to learn the whereabouts of Christian Carreon, fearing that after his mother's release from jail he would be returned to her custody.

"We are very much in fear of that," she said in a phone interview Tuesday. "This waiting game is the hardest."

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The family is working with contacts who are trying to learn from Irish authorities what has become of Paulin-Ramirez and her son.

Paulin-Ramirez converted to Islam last year, began corresponding with Colleen LaRose, who allegedly went by "Jihad Jane," then disappeared from Leadville on Sept. 11 and flew to New York City. LaRose was arrested in Pennsylvania and remains in custody. In October, family members regained contact with Paulin-Ramirez.

"We did have some contact with her," Holcomb said. "Right now we have nothing."

Meantime, the family has been inundated with calls from media.

"It's been a fog," said Paulin-Ramirez's mother, Christina Mott. "That phone has rung off the hook for five days. It's wearing the batteries out."

Mott was Christian's primary caretaker when her daughter was working as a medical assistant at Eagle Care Clinic in Edwards, Holcomb said.

"I would like desperately to hear from her," Mott said of her daughter. "No official person of any kind has contacted us and given us any information. We're in limbo here."

But she said authorities have other priorities.

"This thing is bigger than just our little family," Mott said. "We don't know what it involves or how big it is."

For her, the story is only about one little boy, who must be terrified, she said.

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